PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu; former Head of State,Gen Ab-dulsalami Abubakar (retd),

and governor of Borno State, Professor Umara Zulum, are among other Nigerian leaders expected to grace this year’s Zik Annual Awards Lecture.

While the president is slated to be the special guest of honour, Gen Abubakar will be the chairman of the occasion, while Governor Zulum will deliver the keynote address.

According to the director-General of Dr Nnamdi Aziki-we Annual Awards Lecture, Chief Chineme Onyeke, other notable Nigerians expected at the event, which will hold at the Conference Hall of NI-CON Luxury Hotels in Abuja on the 16th of November, 2024, are former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, who will serve as the father of the day, with most of the governors, National Assembly members and ministers from across the country as guests of honour.

Among the governors ex-pected at this year’s event are Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers), Senator Hope Uzodimma (Imo State), Abdullahi Sule (Nasara-wa State), Peter Mbah (Enugu State), and Mohammed Umar Bago (Niger State) – all of who will be conferred with different categories of Ziks Awards, while the Minister of Works,Senator Dave Umahi,and National Assembly members will be honored at the event.

According to the DG, the Zik’s annual awards lecture holds every 16th of November,the birthday of the great national-ist, and has remained a rallying point for Nigerians to X-ray the vari.